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How do you feel? Your phone may soon tell you
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2014-03-10 01:23
A variety of projects unveiled in the past year aim to give mobile apps the ability to instantly detect a person's emotional state.
A startup called Affectiva, which emerged out of MIT's Media Lab, last month launched a software developer kit (SDK) for its emotion-tracking technology. The company claims that it's possible to assess the effect that advertising and branding have on a person if you analyze that person's facial expressions through the camera of a mobile device.
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A Blood Test Tells You If You're Going to Die in the Next 5 Years
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2014-03-10 00:09
Yes, death is inevitable — but just how predictable is it?
A technique developed by researchers in Finland and Estonia could pinpoint individuals with a high risk of dying within as few as five years by examining their blood.
Scientists screened more than 17,000 samples looking for biomarkers, or biological indicators of abnormalities, that were present in the blood of people who had died not long after their blood was drawn. The study, which was published in PLOS Medicine, used a cost-effective method of screening mass amounts of blood called NMR Spectroscopy.
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Docs turn to silkworms to spin a better bone implant
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2014-03-06 00:28
Fibers spun by the Bombyx mori silkworm have been used for thousands of years to produce soft, flowing fabrics to cloak the outsides of our bodies. Now researchers are working to put silk inside our bodies with surgical screws and plates made from B. mori cocoons.
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Scientists create accurate predictor of the next year’s flu virus
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-03-04 01:19
Influenza viruses evolve rapidly, making it hard to develop protective vaccines against them. Despite a great deal of effort, scientists have found it difficult to forecast which way the virus’ evolution would take it. Now, thanks to improvements in our ability to study viruses and a new mathematical model, anticipating influenza’s next move appears possible.
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Hunting for Earth 2.0: NASA finds 715 new planets
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2014-02-27 03:33
NASA today announced the discovery of 715 planets orbiting 305 stars, revealing multi-planet systems much like our own solar system.
Four of these newly verified planets are in their sun's habitable zone, a distance from a star where the temperature is conducive to the planet's having water in liquid form. With water, it's possible these four planets could potentially hold life.
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